Brazil - Intentional self-harm 2018

Suicides Brazil 2018

There are 35 suicides per day in Brazil

By 2018, suicides in Brazil increased by 238 people to at 12,728 suicides In 2018, on average 35 Brazilians committed suicide every day.

In Brazil there were 6.1 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.42 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 12,728 recorded suicide cases in 2018, 9,999 were men suicides and 2,729 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 9.8 per 100,000 men and for women 2.6 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Brazil. However, in Brazil in 2018 there were there were 55,980 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 4.4 homicides per suicide.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2018	2,729	9,999	12,728	2.60	9.80	6.10
2017	2,664	9,826	12,490	2.50	9.70	6.00
2016	2,377	9,052	11,429	2.30	9.00	5.60
2015	2,396	8,780	11,176	2.30	8.80	5.50
2014	2,233	8,419	10,652	2.20	8.50	5.30
2013	2,223	8,309	10,532	2.20	8.50	5.30
2012	2,257	8,061	10,318	2.20	8.30	5.20
2011	2,089	7,762	9,851	2.10	8.10	5.00
2010	2,073	7,375	9,448	2.10	7.70	4.80
2009	1,872	7,500	9,372	1.90	7.90	4.90
2008	1,917	7,289	9,206	2.00	7.80	4.80
2007	1,872	6,995	8,867	1.90	7.50	4.70
2006	1,805	6,834	8,639	1.90	7.40	4.60
2005	1,805	6,742	8,547	1.90	7.40	4.60
2004	1,703	6,311	8,014	1.80	7.00	4.40
2003	1,604	6,256	7,860	1.70	7.00	4.30
2002	1,694	6,025	7,719	1.90	6.90	4.30
2001	1,560	6,177	7,737	1.70	7.10	4.40
2000	1,382	5,397	6,779	1.60	6.30	3.90
1999	1,230	5,300	6,530	1.40	6.20	3.80
1998	1,456	5,522	6,978	1.70	6.60	4.10
1997	1,423	5,496	6,919	1.70	6.60	4.20
1996	1,406	5,332	6,738	1.70	6.50	4.10
1995	1,410	5,174	6,584	1.70	6.40	4.10
1994	1,299	4,632	5,931	1.60	5.80	3.70
1993	1,193	4,354	5,547	1.50	5.60	3.50
1992	1,178	4,074	5,252	1.50	5.30	3.40
1991	1,202	3,980	5,182	1.60	5.30	3.40
1990	1,225	3,618	4,843	1.60	4.90	3.30
1986	1,167	3,140	4,307	1.70	4.50	3.10
1985	1,073	3,180	4,253	1.60	4.70	3.10
1984	1,157	3,274	4,431	1.70	4.90	3.30
1983	1,286	3,299	4,585	2.00	5.00	3.50
1982	1,071	2,846	3,917	1.70	4.40	3.10
1981	1,190	2,869	4,059	1.90	4.60	3.30
1980	1,179	2,715	3,894	1.90	4.40	3.20
1979	1,085	2,401	3,486	1.80	4.10	3.00

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